Roaring Twenties USA!

For many Americans, the 1920s are the Jazz Age, an era of uninhibited dancing and improvised music. In 1925, the Charleston takes America by storm.

1920s' America is a time of extremes: rising wealth, consumption and freedom at the same time as there is growing poverty, prohibition, fundamentalism and repression. Young women cut their hair, shorten their skirts and dance the Charleston, taking on the image of the 'flapper'. This is considered shocking.

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